Sol 6.1

  1. وليلةٍ إخالُها بلا سحرْ

    وخالُها بمائه قد انفجرْ

    And a night I thought would have no dawn,

    And its rain cloud had burst forth with water.

  2. كأنها وبرقها لما ظهرْ

    بحران من نارٍ وماءٍ قد زخرْ

    It and its lightning, when it appeared, seemed like

    Two seas of fire and water, surging.

  3. ضدان جاءا باتفاقٍ قد بهر

    والضد يبدي فضل ضدِّه الأغر

    Two opposites came together in dazzling accord,

    And each opposite reveals its radiant counterpart's excellence.

  4. هذا بمائه يغرِّقُ البشر

    وذا بنوره يحرِّق البصر

    This one drowns humankind with its water,

    And that one scorches the eyes with its light.

  5. والرعد فيها جائلاً وقد هدر

    يبغي البرازَ خصمُه قد انذعر

    And thunder, roaming within it, had roared;

    It sought single combat; its foe had taken fright.

  6. والسحب يَهمي من أديمها المطر

    والبرق يوري من زناده الشرر

    And rain poured down from the clouds' skin,

    And lightning struck sparks from its flint.

  7. فكنت فيها وأنا تحت الخطر

    كعاشقٍ يشكو حبيباً قد هجر

    So I was within it, under threat,

    Like a lover lamenting a beloved who had forsaken him,

  8. مغرَّقاً بدمعه الذي قطر

    ومُحْرَقاً بنار وجدٍ تستعر

    Drowned in his dripping tears,

    And burned by the blazing fire of longing.

  9. فقلبه تطويه أمواهُ البصر

    وطرفُه تُرقيه نيران الفكر

    So the waters of his eyes enfold his heart,

    And the fires of thought lift his gaze.

  10. والصبح هل حيٌّ إذا الفجر انفجر

    أم انقضى ميتاً غريقاً وانقبر

    And is morning alive when dawn breaks,

    Or is it gone, dead, drowned, and buried?

  11. أم إنني كقوم نوحٍ في العبر

    أم إنني كقوم لوطٍ في الدَّمَر

    Or am I, like Noah's people, among the cautionary examples?

    Or am I like Lot's people, amid destruction?

  12. يا رب خلصني بمريمْ من سقر

    O Lord, through Mary, deliver me from Saqar.